." >> it's very important to keep in mind, this house was designed as a weekend home only, to be used by one individual. >> baer: thank you. >> mm-hmm. >> baer: that individual was mies' client dr. edith farnsworth their story begins in downtown chicago in 1945. dr. farnsworth, a well-to-do kidney specialist, had just bought herself a chunk of land along the fox river. 42 and single, she was looking for an architect to help her build a small weekend getaway there. but some say her interest in mies van der rohe went beyond architecture. to get the real story on mies and edith, i talked to june finfer, who wrote a play about their relationship. so how did they meet? >> mies van der rohe and edith farnsworth met at a small dinner party, and i suspect that she arranged to meet him. >> baer: at dinner, edith found herself intrigued with the 59-year-old architectural heavyweight sitting silently across from her. >> so she's having dinner with this guy, and she's telling him all about this beautiful property with the great trees and the birds and the river, and he doesn't say a word. she did